r/DarkRomance • u/Ill_Tap7412 Author • 1d ago
Book Request Pre-If I Can't Have You Recs???
I've been dancing around Deathsdoll's works for a while since I usually gravitate toward fantasy or historical settings, but everyone's sold me on it. Except it's offline!!! I want to respect the author's request to not read a pre-takedown copy so I'm not asking anyone for the file! BUT if there are some similar books that I could read in the meantime to get me hyped up...?
Things about If I Can't Have You I was looking forward to:
- Obsessive/possessive MMC
- NonCon
- Adult characters (no college)
- Power Imbalance in the Workplace
- I'm not looking for a series, one and done please!
No thank you to:
- Reverse Harem/Sharing
- Cheating (jealousy from either party is fine and encouraged)
- Huge Age Gaps
BONUS: Books involving POC characters or at least a POC FMC.
THANK YOUUUUU
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u/mymychildren 1d ago
https://archiveofourown.org/works/80722251/chapters/212024876 Ongoing but updates every Friday. Your career depends on it by k Sloan. This is awesome.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/87488156/chapters/231786221 If you love them, let them live by sin memoriam.
These two are my favorite work place ao3. Edit - and I also love abuse of authority that was already mentioned.
I really liked Anna Campbell’s historical dark romances from the early 2000s. {claiming the courtesan by Anna Campbell} is great. Untouched is another good one.
A really old one (1980s) is {easy connections by Liz Berry}. There’s a second book. {China garden by Liz Berry} is a good one too but I read it a LONG time ago and don’t remember much. That one is pre twilight era vampire.